Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF Charity name THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH ST BARNABAS, WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Other names charity is known by St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare
Registered charity number (if any) 1149546
Charity's principal address The New Rectory, 3, Old Church Road
Uphill
Weston-Super-Mare Postcode BS23 4UH
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Rev’d Mark Keith Madeley |
Rector & Chair |
Bishop of Bath & Wells | ||
| David Pack | Vice Chair | Elected at APCM | ||
| James Loring | Churchwarden/ DeanerySynod |
Elected at APCM | ||
| Lynn Pack | Churchwarden | Elected at APCM | ||
| Annabel Loring | Treasurer | Elected at APCM | ||
| Pauline Farley | DeanerySynod | Elected at APCM | ||
| Cheryl Costigan | 01/01/2025-31/08/2025 | Elected at APCM | ||
| Angela James | 01/01/2025-04/08/2025 | Elected at APCM | ||
| Barbara Lewis | Elected at APCM | |||
| Neil O’Donoghue | Elected at APCM | |||
| Frances Pelegaris | 27/04/2025-31/12/2025 | |||
| Jeff Realff | Elected at APCM | |||
| Gail Rowley | Elected at APCM | |||
| Diana Thomas | 09/06/2025-31/12/2025 | Co-opted byPCC | ||
| Michael Perrin | Chair/ PCC Secretary |
01/01/2025-27/04/2025 | Elected at APCM | |
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Independent Examiner | Tom Burgess | 27 Ellesmere Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 4UT |
| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | ||
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and Type of governing document Church Representation Rules that came into force on 02/01/1957 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Parochial Church Council How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected by Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Annual Vestry Meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by) (for Churchwardens). Ex-officio and seconded trustees appointed in accordance with ecclesiastical law.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include All PCC members and key figures such as musicians are required to complete the Church of England’s Basic Awareness and Foundation additional information, where Courses on Safeguarding. relevant, about:
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The Parish maintains its policies in regard to Data Privacy (GDPR), Health
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• policies and procedures and Safety, Conflict of Interest, Safeguarding, Legacies, and Financial adopted for the induction and Reserves. training of trustees;
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Regular checks and risk assessments are carried out to ensure we are in
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• the charity’s organisational line with Health & Safety requirements and are protecting the safety of structure and any wider those who attend. network with which the charity works;
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In accordance with Church Representation Rules, Michael Perrin
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• relationship with any related continues to act as PCC Secretary even though he is no longer a member parties; of the Parochial Church Council.
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• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system At the Annual Vestry Meeting in April 2023, it was unanimously agreed and procedures to manage that a Church Warden may continue in office longer than six years and them. this remains in force.
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Section C Objectives and activities
Promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the church. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our churches that they may become part of our parish community at St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and supports the Rector in discussing suggestions on how our services can involve the many people that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music and holy communion. The Church will be launching live streaming rather than zoom in the second half of 2026 to enable better access for those who cannot attend in person. The PCC asked the Diocese six years ago for additional support to develop the ministry and mission opportunities that exist at St Barnabas church which is located on one of two social housing estates that are part of the parish. The PCC is committed to this project and has accepted a proposal to accept the offer of support from a neighbouring parish. Summary of the main Discussions are still ongoing regarding funding the post. Parish activities undertaken for the representatives have been appointed by the PCC for a joint working public benefit in relation to group to continue developing the framework that will govern the operation these objects (include within of the partnership. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the had regard to the guidance Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the issued by the Charity supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In Commission on public particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of benefit) our parish community through worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. We pursue links with the local community wherever possible. We provide pastoral care for people living in the parish. We need to be seen in the community and be seen to serve it. Some of our Church members are actively involved in the community to develop those links and we work closely with the local Village Society in Uphill and other agencies, where possible. The Rector works with the local schools to offer support and maintain good links. Our intention is to be inclusive. We see ourselves as open to accepting non-Church members to be part of our worshipping community and our social activities, which provide support for people who are often on their own, such as our Luncheon Club, several concerts a year, or quiz evenings.
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We did run a Messy Church on a Wednesday for the first half of the year, but this was suspended until February 2026 due to lack of volunteers. We kept in touch with families as Messy Church attracts a significant number of children from the local community. A part of the Messy Church model is that parents stay with their children and so this has made us accessible to a wide range of people who were not previously involved in our regular Sunday worship and it is specifically geared towards this group. It is providing fun for children, fellowship for adults and introducing people to Christianity and providing the Church with plenty of opportunity to network with people from our community and for them to know us.
Additionally, we now have a monthly Coffee and Cake evening, which is attracting church members and non-members. These evenings have a range of speakers, some Christian, some not, but they come to talk about their work and interests and engage with the people we are attracting.
We relay most of our main services by zoom, which has enabled us to keep in touch with those who are unable to attend in person and to reach out beyond our usual members as we upload everything to Facebook and the Church website. This has enabled more people from the community to join us in a non-threatening way. This gives us a wider reach still and meets the needs of the housebound or those who are not yet integrated into our Parish life.
The local Pre-School has used St Nicholas’ Church Hall mornings and afternoons on five days a week. The Rector is involved in its governance and management, so there are strong links.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
We tithed our 2025 Parish Income to make donations to four Mission Societies as part of our ongoing support with periodic reviews.
We also contribute from time to time to local initiatives.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
The PCC is able to deliver a wide range of activities thanks to church members giving freely of their time to lead and support its activities and initiatives. The expertise of PCC members provides effective governance and oversight whilst ensuring that the buildings are maintained in a satisfactory condition.
The PCC continues to review annually all of the policies that are required by law and extra ones appropriate to our situation.
We have a team of volunteers who are there to look after people and are available to the wider community if requested.
We are seeking someone to serve the local community from St Barnabas and enable the Church to be open much more for community events.
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Section D Achievements and performance
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year |
The parish of St Nicholas with St Barnabas broadly covers the following districts within Weston-super-Mare: Uphill, part of the South Ward, and the Coronation and Oldmixon estates, with a population of over 6,000. These three distinct communities are delineated by a trunk road and/or railways lines. The estates have significantly high levels of social deprivation making it one of the top 20 parishes in the Diocese of Bath & Wells on a composite measure of multiple factors of deprivation. St Barnabas has been available to the local community. This building can be hired, as can St Nicholas Church Hall when not used by PreSchool. There is goodwill towards the Church generally. The Wednesday morning service at St Barnabas has a loyal following of mostly older people and has recently attracted new members. We run several events for the benefit of the community and it is always our aim to do so from both buildings. We are constantly considering what other options might draw families and young people into a relationship with Jesus. Messy Church, for example, enables families to come along for fun and a meal and to take part in as much or as little as they want. We are able to offer the usual life event services of normal Church life – baptisms, weddings and funerals. We have actively engaged with our regular people to provide the teaching and encouragement needed for each of our members to grow in their faith. Teaching from the Bible is a key feature of this parish through sermon series and meeting in homes for study, prayer and support. We have done this through web links and by post for those who are unable to access the web. Our church members are involved in a number of church and community initiatives including: Street Pastors, Samaritans, Citizens Advice, Scouts. The hall is normally used by a pre-school for 10 sessions each week and St Barnabas hopes soon to host more community groups in addition to those meeting currently - a craft group, table tennis, and a monthly Luncheon Club. Some of these are longstanding commitments enabling the building of relationships with people over the years. Church members have been generous with their money as well as their time. The Parish continues to monitor the buildings and repair and improve them where finance allows. The Parish is aware of some improvements that are still needed and is working on these issues. The active church membership is about 70 and we have attracted several new regular participants to our worship services over the past year. In addition, Messy Church was attracting an average 30 children with their parents/carers to this monthly event. We recognise the importance of Jesus’ commission in Matthew 28 to go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and we are certain that this will result in both spiritual and numerical continued growth in our membership. |
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s The PCC maintains a general reserve equivalent to 3 months’ regular policy on reserves expenditure including Benefice Share, plus two months’ notice and £3,300 statutory redundancy pay for our employee, should the need arise. In addition, we set aside £10,000 for unanticipated building work. Details of any funds materially None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
| Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. |
We are paying our Benefice Share in full by monthly direct debit, and this is by far our biggest item of expenditure. Over 76% of the PCC’s income in 2025 came from the church community directly, and the tax recovered on Gift Aid. This included a legacy of £2,000 from one of our church members. The balance mostly comes from letting the church hall to St Nicholas Church Pre-School (operates independently of the church), some regular community lettings, parochial fees and interest. We aim to encourage regular giving by every member of the congregation, and also to encourage everyone to review their giving habitually. We are continually faced with an increase of expenditure across the board, although we aim to be good stewards of the money we have. Salaries, cost of building works and everyday expenditure are all rising. However, we believe that all we spend is ultimately for the glory of God and for the good of the community. In 2025 we did have a £15,700 surplus, following on from a deficit over several years, but then a surplus of £9,000 in 2024. As we are a Magnificat parish (i.e., an area identified as experiencing social deprivation), we are permitted to pay a reduced Benefice Share, which we have chosen to do. The resulting surplus in 2025 is largely due to this reduction. However, our intention is to use part of the savings to support work on the estates within our parish, and we have already committed to funding the employment costs of a part time Pioneer Minister. We realise that we will no longer be able to fund necessary building works ourselves (and we are facing a need for extensive roof and stonework repairs). We will be increasingly dependent on grants. However, we remain optimistic for our future, and trust God our provider. |
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Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
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| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Mark Keith Madeley (Reverend) | George Michael Perrin | |
Chairman |
PCC Secretary | |
23/03/2026 |
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| 23/03/2026 |
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PCC for St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare Receipts & Payments Account
for the year ended for 31 December 2025
| for the year ended for 31 December 2025 | Notes | £ General fund |
Designated | £ fund |
Restricted | £ fund |
2025 £ |
2024 £ |
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| Receipts | ||||||||
| Donations and Legacies: | ||||||||
| Planned giving | 52,484 | - | - | 52,484 | 43,959 | |||
| Collections, donations & other giving | 9,175 | - | 8,942 | 18,118 | 14,326 | |||
| Income tax recovered | 13,441 | - | - | 13,441 | 12,676 | |||
| Legacies | 2,000 | - | - | 2,000 | 10,000 | |||
| Other Trading activities | ||||||||
| Magazine/Bookstall sales/Hall Lettings etc | 18,174 | - | - | 18,174 | 20,731 | |||
| Annual Fete/events | 1,594 | - | - | 1,594 | 456 | |||
| Receipts from Investments: | ||||||||
| Interest & dividends | 2,594 | 50 | - | 2,644 | 2,667 | |||
| Receipts from Charitable activities: | ||||||||
| Parochial fees | 1,176 | - | - | 1,176 | 1,027 | |||
| Other Receipts | ||||||||
| Insurance claims | - | - | 4,800 | 4,800 | - | |||
| Other | 396 | - | - | 396 | 215 | |||
| Total Receipts | 101,035 | 50 | 13,742 | 114,827 | 106,057 | |||
| Payments | ||||||||
| Charitable activities: | ||||||||
| Donations/Grants to charities | (10,960) | - | - | (10,960) | (10,575) | |||
| Mission & Evangelism | (403) | - | - | (403) | (760) | |||
| Parish Share | (38,380) | - | - | (38,380) | (49,024) | |||
| Clergy expenses | (860) | - | - | (860) | (960) | |||
| Church running expenses | (10,570) | (1,310) | - | (11,880) | (13,014) | |||
| Cost of raising funds | (5,576) | (1,890) | - | (7,466) | (8,793) | |||
| Support costs | (165) | - | - | (165) | (76) | |||
| Administration costs (inc. staff costs) | (1,945) | (9,976) | - | (11,922) | (11,788) | |||
| Governance Costs | (100) | - | - | (100) | (100) | |||
| Other | (2,031) | - | - | (2,031) | (1,965) | |||
| Major expenditure | ||||||||
| Repairs to church buildings | (1,199) | - | (13,742) | (14,942) | - | |||
| Total payments | (72,189) | (13,177) | (13,742) | (99,108) | (97,055) | |||
| Surplus/(Deficit) of Receipts over payments | 28,846 | (13,127) | - | 15,719 | 9,002 | |||
| Transfers between funds | (9,438) | 9,438 | - | - | - | |||
| 19,408 | (3,689) | - | 15,719 | 9,002 | ||||
| Parish Reserves at 1 Jan 2025 | 48,584 | 4,843 | - | 53,427 | 44,425 | |||
| Parish Reserves at 31 Dec 2025 | 67,992 | 1,154 | - | 69,146 | 53,427 | |||
| Represented By: | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Cash at Bank and in Hand | 69,146 | 54,201 | ||||||
| Total Assets | 69,146 | 54,201 | ||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Creditors | - | (774) | ||||||
| Total Liabilities | - | (774) | ||||||
| Net Assets/(Liabilities) | 69,146 | 53,427 |
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